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“holm” and “hora” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,526
“holm” frequency rank
#49,403
“hora” frequency rank
83929
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature holm hora
Definition Small island, islet. A circle dance popular in the Balkans, Israel and Yiddish culture worldwide.

Letter map: holm vs hora

Shared letters muted; letters that set holm and hora apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. holm (CVCC) and hora (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
holm
4 ch
hora

Corpus notes: holm and hora

holm and hora are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

holm is recorded at frequency rank #34,526, classified as anoun, pronounced /həʊm/. hora is at rank #49,403, tagged as anoun.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 83929, this pair ranks #12,917 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of holm vs hora

Shared letters: ho. Private to "holm": lm. Private to "hora": ar.

"holm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "hora" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • holm ← hholm · hlom · hollm · holmm · homl · ohlm
  • hora ← hhora · hoar · horra · hroa · ohra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "holm" and "hora" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary English text, does "holm" or "hora" show up more?
"holm" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #34,526 in our English list, against #49,403 for "hora". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "holm" vs "hora" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "holm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hora" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #12,917 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "holm" and "hora" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hoke vs hora". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #12,917 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list